Phuopsis stylosa

Crosswort
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Phuopsis
Species:
P. stylosa
Binomial name
Phuopsis stylosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Asperula ciliata Moench
  • Asperula stylosa (Trin.) Boiss.
  • Crucianella stylosa Trin.
  • Putoria calabrica Pers.

Phuopsis stylosa, the Caucasian crosswort or large-styled crosswort, is a low-growing, mat-forming, aromatic perennial plant in the madder, or bedstraw family Rubiaceae. It has whorls of narrow, aromatic leaves and terminal clusters of tubular pink flowers.[2][3] Phuopsis stylosa is native to the Caucasus and Iran, and is widely grown elsewhere as a garden plant.[3]

The plant gives off an odor which can be confused with that of some Cannabis species.[4]

  1. ^ "The Plant List: Phuopsis stylosa (Trin.) Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanic Garden. 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  2. ^ Pink, Alfred (1904). Gardening for the Million. London: Fisher Unwin – via Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
  3. ^ a b "Phuopsis stylosa, large-styled crosswort". London, UK: Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  4. ^ Victoria Ward (7 September 2017). "Couple robbed by drugs gang because plant in their garden smelt like cannabis". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 September 2017.